New Delhi [India]: As the Delhi Assembly elections approach, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday unveiled its star campaigner list for the upcoming polls.
The list includes prominent leaders such as Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP president JP Nadda, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, and Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Other senior leaders like Union Ministers Piyush Goyal, Nitin Gadkari, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, and Dharmendra Pradhan also feature prominently.
Chief Ministers of BJP-ruled states, including Yogi Adityanath (Uttar Pradesh), Devendra Fadnavis (Maharashtra), Himanta Biswa Sarma (Assam), Pushkar Singh Dhami (Uttarakhand), and others, have been named as campaigners.
The list further includes well-known party figures such as Smriti Irani, Anurag Thakur, Hema Malini, Ravi Kishan, and Dinesh Lal Yadav (Nirahua), among others.
Election Landscape
The election is shaping up to be a triangular battle between the BJP, the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), and the Congress. AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal, contesting from the New Delhi seat, will face BJP’s Parvesh Verma and Congress’ Sandeep Dikshit.
After filing his nomination, Kejriwal stated, “A lot of work is still left to be done in the national capital.”
Delhi’s polling is scheduled for February 5, with the vote counting set for February 8. The AAP has already declared candidates for all 70 seats, while the BJP has announced nominees for 59 constituencies.
The political climate in the capital is heating up as parties gear up for the critical electoral contest.